ACID-NEUTRALIZING/INHIBITORY DRUGS Antacids Before we understood the important role of histamine in stimulating parietal cell activity, neutralization of secreted acid with antacids constituted the main form of therapy for peptic ulcers….
TREATMENT METABOLIC ACIDOSIS Treatment of metabolic acidosis with alkali should be reserved for severe acidemia except when the patient has no “potential HCO3–” in plasma. Potential [HCO3–] can be estimated…
380 Rheumatoid Arthritis Ankoor Shah, E. William St. Clair INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology marked by a symmetric, peripheral polyarthritis. It is the…
FIGURE 39-5 Hollenhorst plaque lodged at the bifurcation of a retinal arteriole proves that a patient is shedding emboli from the carotid artery, great vessels, or heart. FIGURE 39-6 Central retinal artery…
(See also Chap. 148) In addition to receiving antibiotic prophylaxis, transplant recipients should be vaccinated against likely pathogens (Table 169-6). In the case of HSC transplant recipients, optimal responses cannot…
ACID-NEUTRALIZING/INHIBITORY DRUGS Antacids Before we understood the important role of histamine in stimulating parietal cell activity, neutralization of secreted acid with antacids constituted the main form of therapy for peptic ulcers….
Other laboratory studies that may aid in diagnosis include the red cell count, mean corpuscular volume, and red cell distribution width (RDW), particularly when the hematocrit or hemoglobin levels are…
TREATMENT METABOLIC ACIDOSIS Treatment of metabolic acidosis with alkali should be reserved for severe acidemia except when the patient has no “potential HCO3–” in plasma. Potential [HCO3–] can be estimated…
FIGURE 415e-3 Factors released by the adipocyte that can affect peripheral tissues. IL-6, interleukin 6; PAI, plasminogen activator inhibitor; RBP4, retinal binding protein 4; TNF, tumor necrosis factor. ETIOLOGY OF OBESITY…
FIGURE 173-2 Scarlet fever exanthem. Finely punctate erythema has become confluent (scarlatiniform); petechiae can occur and have a linear configuration within the exanthem in body folds (Pastia’s lines). (From Fitzpatrick, Johnson,…
